Downpours Hit NW China Quake Zone

　　Heavy rain has been falling in Gansu Province which was hit by an earthquake on Monday, and this has hampered¹ the transportation of relief materials into the disaster zone.

 

　　As CRI's He Fei reports, relief materials such as tents and quilts remain in short supply.

 

　　The heavy rain has muddied rural roads and made it impossible for vehicles to reach residents in some villages of Minxian county, which was the hardest hit in the quake.

 

　　Local officials said that due to the roads being blocked, relief goods can only be transported on foot to some areas.

 

　　Du Hongliang is in charge of the storage of relief materials in the county.

 

　　"Currently we have enough drinking water and instant noodles, while tents, beds and quilts are still badly needed. We are in a mountainous region with high altitude, so residents can not sleep without beds. The current storage of these materials can not even meet the needs for one third of victims. "

 

　　The civil and financial departments of Minxian County are in charge of the reception, storage and distribution of relief materials.

 

　　Auditing² and discipline inspection³ and supervision⁴ departments are also involved to ensure the transparency.

 

　　The heavy rain caused a landslide⁵ in the village of Yongguang, where more than 100 people who had been living in makeshift tents have been transferred to prefabricated housing.

 

　　In Zhongzhai township, local residents joined the relief effort, helping⁶ to unload materials as well as to repair blocked roads.

 

　　Zhang Zhengping is a local villager. His house, built in the beginning of this year, became dilapidated after the quake.

 

　　"It can not live in any more. Yesterday there was a landslide and we slept in the primary school. My family has 13 members and only two beds. So we let the children sleeping on beds and adults on the quilts paved on bare ground."

 

　　Zhang said in fear of further secondary disasters, residents of the village have all moved to relocation points down the hill.

 

　　The death toll⁷ from Monday's earthquake remains⁸ at 95.

 

　　For CRI, this is HE Fei.

1 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

2 auditing   

n.审计，查账，决算

参考例句：

• Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。
• The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。

3 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

4 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

5 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。